Monday, July 14, 2014

Fake It (Rule Breakers #2) by Jennifer Chance with Excerpt & Review

Jennifer Chance is back
with another novel that'll keep you hooked.

Anna Richardson meets the
baddest (and sexiest) of bad boys in FAKE
IT,
the second novel in Jennifer Chance's sizzling Rule Breakers series, out on July 1, 2014 from Random House. This
one is not to be missed, especially if you're looking for a bad boy fix!

As
her sizzling new series continues, Jennifer Chance sparks some serious
combustion between a sexy biker and a corporate go-getter who’s ready to let
her hair down.

New grad Anna Richardson works hard—so hard that she’s given up having a
romantic life. Anna has even convinced her friends that she’s dating an amazing
guy—who they’ve simply never met. But now Anna has a wedding to attend and
needs to produce the hottie she’s been lying about for the past six months.
Enter Jake Flynn, her infuriating, motorcycle-riding, jaw-droppingly gorgeous
neighbor, who’s more than willing to fake it for a weekend. In fact, Jake won’t
be satisfied until things get real.

Though Jake is only playing the role of adoring boyfriend, he’s starting to
feel the heat, and judging by Anna’s sweet blush, so is she. Letting chemistry
this intense go to waste would be a real shame. Soon, though, the thin line
between fantasy and reality fades. Jake may not be what every buttoned-up
fast-tracker wants, but he’s sure as hell what Anna needs. And if she takes a
ride with him, their adventure never has to end.

“Okay, then.” Anna’s fantasy was
already taking place in her head as she closed her eyes even more tightly,
focusing hard. She could almost smell the guy’s heady, masculine scent drifting
around her—not cologne, not aftershave, just the pure, perfect scent of manly
guy bathed in heat and spice and sunshine. And she would look over at him,
smile seductively, and purr the perfect line.

“C’mon,” she murmured, trying it
out. “A weekend at the beach, all the sun and surf you can handle, it’s yours
for the taking. And so am I.” She sighed a little, liking the sound of the
words as they rolled off her tongue. “Wanna run away for the weekend?”

“Well, hell. Why don’t we make it
a year?”

Anna jolted upright, nearly
falling off the bar stool. She caught herself the moment before she crashed
into the man—the grinning, square-jawed, leather-jacketed, hunk
of man—who had most assuredly not been there
thirty seconds ago. A man she sort of knew, dammit, and who Erin had
to have seen heading her way.

“Oh!” She did an excellent job of
looking at the guy without actually looking at him, which was the only reason
she could string whole words together. “Um, hi there. I’m so sorry—I didn’t
hear you come up.”

“Which appears to be in my favor.
I’m Jake, by the way. Jake Flynn. I live down the street from you, I think.”

“I know. I mean, I’ve seen you.
In your garage, I mean.” Now, even as she babbled, Anna couldn’t stop staring
at Jake’s mouth. She felt her stomach flip the way it always did when she
caught sight of any part of the guy’s uncovered anatomy, even the innocuous
bits. Steeling herself, she looked up, immediately transfixed by deep-brown
eyes that studied her from under a shock of black hair. Pull it
together, she ordered herself. This man rode motorcycles,
for heaven’s sake, and was probably engaged in illegal activities, going by the
action at the brownstone at the end of their lane that he’d apparently
commandeered.

But now this motorcycle-criminal,
sex-god hottie was looking at her with definite interest, and ... all she could
do was stare?

“Well, then we’re practically
best friends, it seems. And you are?” Anna’s heart skipped as Jake’s smile
etched intriguing creases into skin already weathered from years of wind and
sun. “If we’re going to run off to the beach together, I think I should know
your name.”

“Anna Richardson.” Anna fought
and lost the battle against blushing. “And I’m so sorry about that, again. I
was just—practicing. I guess.”

“Glad to meet you, Anna
Richardson,” Jake said, his words so smooth that she felt like every inch of
her skin had been caressed, standing the fine hairs on end. With a creak of
leather, Jake angled his athletic body toward her. He was now within arm’s
reach, a smile again teasing the edges of his lips until they pulled taut and
held, full and suggestive. “Practicing for what?”

Anna blinked, her mind slewing a
little sideways. Jake’s hair was tousled, his eyes heavy and warm, his smile
easy. Tiny laugh lines radiated from the outer corners of his eyes, pale
streaks in the bronzed skin. He was ... amazing.

He was also waiting for an
answer, Anna realized. Which meant she needed to drag herself back to reality, now.

“You wouldn’t understand.” She
shook her head again, so assertively that her neck throbbed in protest. “And
it’s kind of hard to explain. I need to ask someone out on a date. I mean, it’s
a wedding. And I’m in it.”

My Review: 5 stars

Fantastic follow up to Rock It, the first book in the series. There isn't much overlap of characters, so the books can stand alone. I truly enjoyed this story and getting to know Jake and Anna. Anna is so controlled and has everything planned out, she's a little neurotic about not being prepared or not having a plan. Along comes her neighbor Jake who is everything that Anna isn't. Jake is a live for the moment kind of guy. He doesn't rely on anyone else to get through things, he does it on his own, and until he meets Anna, that's the way he likes it. Jake talks Anna into taking him along for the weekend wedding that she's going to because she needs a date, and Jake is determined to be that guy. It seems that once they arrive, everyone is against them, and they don't get to spend much of the days together. I do love how they spend their nights, and the passion and open and accepting way they are of each other. They do very well together as a couple, and Jake doesn't want to give that up. He'd like to keep Anna to himself for a couple of days, but Anna's work interferes. And keeps interfering. Anna is given a fantastic opportunity and has to choose between the opportunities that are presented to her. Excellent choice made, in my opinion. I really enjoyed getting to know Anna and Jake. I liked how they were opposites who read each other so well, almost from the start. Jennifer has written a fabulous book, and I loved everything about it.